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Originally Posted by Halanna
It doesn't have to be a scientitic study. Listen to radio? Watch movies? Go out in public? Watch the news? Read the newspaper? It's all right there. Maybe because I live in Central Florida it's more prevelent but it is everywhere, everyday where I live.
It is, in my opinion, that simple. If a particular group of people, be it ethnic or otherwise want to proclaim that certain words are offensive and derogatory than they should stop using those certain words themselves in any context. I tell you the word Apple is offensive and a slur. You can't say it! How could you! Don't you dare! But I run around calling all my friends Apples, my co-worker, "Hey there Apple" and a stranger on the street, "Sup Apple".
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This is really quite silly but do you have proof of such proclamations?
It's been well said by others already, but you can't remove an issue from it's context and also discuss it fairly. Rarely ever do I listen to the radio or watch the news but I certainly do watch movies and go out in public - I just can't so easily pretend to have my finger to the pulse of an entire race of people simply through whatever I've learned from the media and my own experiences.
There's obviously more to all of this than you care to think about. Why is that?